راقَني مِن لَفظِكَ المُستَطابِ

حِكمَةٌ فيهِ وَفَصلُ الخِطابِ

Your eloquent words have delighted me,

Containing wisdom and clear speech.

وَمَعانٍ مُشرِقاتٌ حِسانٌ

ما تَوارَت شَمسُها في حِجابِ

Radiant, beautiful meanings -

Their sun has not set behind a veil.

هِيَ لِلوارِدينَ ماءٌ زُلالٌ

وَسِواها لامِعٌ كَالسَرابِ

For the seekers it is clear, cool water,

While all else is a shimmering mirage.

جالَ ماءُ الحُسنِ فيها كَما قَد

جالَ في الحَسناءِ ماءُ الشَبابِ

The water of beauty flows through it, as

The water of youth flows in a lovely maid.

ما رَأَينا قَبلَها عِقدَ دُرٍّ ضَم

مَهُ في الطِرسِ سَطرُ كِتابِ

We have not seen before it a string of pearls

Containing the line of a text in its setting.

صَدَرَت عَنِ لَفظِ صاحِبِ فَضلٍ

هُوَ عِندي مِن أَكبَرِ الأَصحابِ

It flows from the words of a man of merit -

To me, he is the greatest of friends.

فَتَأَمَّلتُ وَأَمَّلتُ مِنهُ جَم

عَ شَملي في عاجِلٍ وَاِقتِرابِ

So I have contemplated and wished for a time

When I and my family may join and be close.

ثُمَّ قابَلتُ أَيادي ثَناهُ

بِدُعاءٍ صالِحٍ مُستَجابِ

Then I have met his hands with a prayer,

A worthy supplication, sure to be answered.

يا أُهَيلَ الوُدِّ أَنتِم مُرادي

وَإِلَيكُم في العَلاءِ اِنتِسابي

O beloved friends, you are my desire,

And to you in exaltation is my kinship.

ذِكرُكُم لي شاغِلٌ في حُضوري

وَثَناكُم مُؤنِسي في اِغتِرابي

Thoughts of you preoccupy me when present,

And your praise comforts me when far away.